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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition)

§ 139.315

removal that are acceptable to the Ad-
ministrator.

§ 139.315

Aircraft rescue and fire-

fighting: Index determination.

(a) An index is required by paragraph

(1) The length of air carrier aircraft

and

(2) Average daily departures of air

carrier aircraft.

(b) For the purpose of Index deter-

mination, air carrier aircraft lengths
are grouped as follows:

(1) Index A includes aircraft less than

90 feet in length.

(2) Index B includes aircraft at least

90 feet but less than 126 feet in length.

(3) Index C includes aircraft at least

126 feet but less than 159 feet in length.

(4) Index D includes aircraft at least

159 feet but less than 200 feet in length.

(5) Index E includes aircraft at least

200 feet in length.

if there are five or more average daily
departures of air carrier aircraft in a
single Index group serving that airport,
the longest aircraft with an average of
five or more daily departures deter-
mines the Index required for the air-
port. When there are fewer than five
average daily departures of the longest
air carrier aircraft serving the airport,
the Index required for the airport will
be the next lower Index group than the
Index group prescribed for the longest
aircraft.

(d) The minimum designated index

shall be Index A.

(e) A holder of a Class III Airport Op-

erating Certificate may comply with
this section by providing a level of
safety comparable to Index A that is
approved by the Administrator. Such
alternate compliance must be de-
scribed in the ACM and must include:

(1) Pre-arranged firefighting and

emergency medical response proce-
dures, including agreements with re-
sponding services.

(2) Means for alerting firefighting

and emergency medical response per-
sonnel.

(3) Type of rescue and firefighting

equipment to be provided.

(4) Training of responding fire-

fighting and emergency medical per-
sonnel on airport familiarization and
communications.

[Doc. No. FAA–2000–7479, 69 FR 6424, Feb. 10,
2004; Amdt. 139–26, 69 FR 31522, June 4, 2004]

§ 139.317

Aircraft rescue and fire-

fighting: Equipment and agents.

Unless otherwise authorized by the

Administrator, the following rescue
and firefighting equipment and agents
are the minimum required for the In-
dexes referred to in § 139.315:

(a)

Index A.

One vehicle carrying at

least—

(1) 500 pounds of sodium-based dry

chemical, halon 1211, or clean agent; or

(2) 450 pounds of potassium-based dry

chemical and water with a commensu-
rate quantity of AFFF to total 100 gal-
lons for simultaneous dry chemical and
AFFF application.

(b)

Index B.

Either of the following:

(1) One vehicle carrying at least 500

pounds of sodium-based dry chemical,
halon 1211, or clean agent and 1,500 gal-
lons of water and the commensurate
quantity of AFFF for foam production.

(2) Two vehicles—
(i) One vehicle carrying the extin-

guishing agents as specified in para-
graphs (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section;
and

(ii) One vehicle carrying an amount

of water and the commensurate quan-
tity of AFFF so the total quantity of
water for foam production carried by
both vehicles is at least 1,500 gallons.

(c)

Index C.

Either of the following:

(1) Three vehicles—
(i) One vehicle carrying the extin-

guishing agents as specified in para-
graph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section; and

(ii) Two vehicles carrying an amount

of water and the commensurate quan-
tity of AFFF so the total quantity of
water for foam production carried by
all three vehicles is at least 3,000 gal-
lons.

(2) Two vehicles—
(i) One vehicle carrying the extin-

guishing agents as specified in para-
graph (b)(1) of this section; and

(ii) One vehicle carrying water and

the commensurate quantity of AFFF
so the total quantity of water for foam
production carried by both vehicles is
at least 3,000 gallons.

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